unbalefuladj.n.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈbeɪlf(ᵿ)l/, U.S.

/ˌənˈbeɪlf(ə)l/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and baleful adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, baleful adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + baleful adj.Apparently re-formed in the 20th cent.

Now rare.

Innocent, harmless, gentle; (in recent use) spec. not malignant or injurious. In early use also as n.: an innocent or harmless person; (with the) such people as a class.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > safe or not dangerous > safe or harmless

unshathyOE

unbalefulOE

unscathefulc1175

unscathelya1400

unscathing1437

unnoyingc1440

unshendingc1450

unnoyous1483

harmless1533

unharmful1538

unhurtful1549

dintless1558

white1567

offenceless1581

inoffensive1598

unhurting1613

illaesive1628

innocuous1631

unmalignant1633

innoxious1638

inobnoxious1659

unvenomous1659

innocent1662

unafflictinga1711

unmolesting1767

fangless1790

unharming1796

woundless1796

uninjurious1809

uninjuring1820

unmischievous1821

scarless1823

boltless1832

inoffending1853

defanged1920

non-injury1926

anodyne1933

declawed1945

OE Wulfstan Last Days (Hatton) 137 Huru hit sceal hefegian heonanforð þearle rihtwisan þearfan & ðam unbealafullum.

OE Wulfstan Institutes of Polity (Junius) 82 Be þam..þe nearwlicast cuðan swician..and of unbealafullum raþost feoh geræcan.

a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 49 Duue ne harmeð none fugele..and ðus kið þat hie is admod and unbaleful.

1920 Times 9 Mar. 19/5 A notion that the serpent feeds on this unbaleful herbage.

1996 Guardian (Nexis) 7 Mar. 19 He..probably casts an unbaleful eye on the swiftness with which the media have..re-assigned him to the New Right.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unbaleful
释义	unbalefuladj.n. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈbeɪlf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˌənˈbeɪlf(ə)l/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and baleful adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, baleful adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + baleful adj.Apparently re-formed in the 20th cent. Now rare. Innocent, harmless, gentle; (in recent use) spec. not malignant or injurious. In early use also as n.: an innocent or harmless person; (with the) such people as a class. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > safe or not dangerous > safe or harmless unshathyOE unbalefulOE unscathefulc1175 unscathelya1400 unscathing1437 unnoyingc1440 unshendingc1450 unnoyous1483 harmless1533 unharmful1538 unhurtful1549 dintless1558 white1567 offenceless1581 inoffensive1598 unhurting1613 illaesive1628 innocuous1631 unmalignant1633 innoxious1638 inobnoxious1659 unvenomous1659 innocent1662 unafflictinga1711 unmolesting1767 fangless1790 unharming1796 woundless1796 uninjurious1809 uninjuring1820 unmischievous1821 scarless1823 boltless1832 inoffending1853 defanged1920 non-injury1926 anodyne1933 declawed1945 OE Wulfstan Last Days (Hatton) 137 Huru hit sceal hefegian heonanforð þearle rihtwisan þearfan & ðam unbealafullum. OE Wulfstan Institutes of Polity (Junius) 82 Be þam..þe nearwlicast cuðan swician..and of unbealafullum raþost feoh geræcan. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 49 Duue ne harmeð none fugele..and ðus kið þat hie is admod and unbaleful. 1920 Times 9 Mar. 19/5 A notion that the serpent feeds on this unbaleful herbage. 1996 Guardian (Nexis) 7 Mar. 19 He..probably casts an unbaleful eye on the swiftness with which the media have..re-assigned him to the New Right. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.OE
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